Boat lowering and launching means.



J. H. STOBLT.

BOAT LOWEBING AND LAUNGHING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12,1909.

950,967. Patented Mar.1,-1910.

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BOAT LOWERING AND LAUNGHING MEANS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.12.1909.

950,967. Patented Mar. 1,1910.

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"IIIIIII mom onirnn s r n' 1 Pagans? OFFEUEe aonnrrhrhnnr, or sneer/trains, 'm'rcnaeenfi noes Lown'aindenn naunolnme me 95$,967. Application rues irar'c'11'1,2,--19oe." Serial No. 432,971." To all whom it may concern, 1 board Be it known that I, 501m H; SrosL'r; ai citizen of the United States, residing at Sebt'er-described and claimed.

I detail sectional of Michigan, have invented new and useful as to vessel to the davits for lowering by the lat-- "launched as soon as the cradle reaches the wide davits l which are 2 one deck 3, at onesideotfthe vessel, "and as within the vessel or extended out-board, in

ewaing, in the county of Huron and'State Improvements, in, Boat Lowering and Launch1ng. Means, of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates ,to improvements in boat lowering and launching means for ves sels and consists in the 7 construction, combination and arrangement of deviceshereinaf- The object of my invention-is to provide improved boat lowering devices for vessels which devices are normally entirely away from ahd clear of the sides of the vessel so prevent any obstructions which interfere with the docking of the vessel;"a further object being to pro-videimproved means iorautomatically launching the boat as soon as the sanie is lowered; a further" object, be ing to provide improvedmeans for running a number of. boats from either side of the ter; a further object being to provide anim proved cradle in which th e'boat is normally kept, in which it is raised or lowered, and from which the boat is automatically required lowered position. In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a vessel provided with improved boat carrying, lower ing-and launching means constructed in accordanoe with myidnvention. Fig is a plan view. of the same. Fig. 3 isa detail side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view-of one of the boat carrying and launching cradles. Fig;s.,5, 6 and'.7 are views of parts ofsuch: cradles; I Y I In accordancewith my invention'I prohere shown as hav ing their lower ends pivotally mounted as at extendingthrough and being adapted to operate inslots of an upper deck 5, the said eslots being transverse with'reference to. the ,vessel. so thatthe davits are vangularlyrnovable transversely of the vessel andmay be disposed 'with'their upper ends entirely whichlatter position the .davits areshownin Fig. 3, the davitsgbeing also 'slmutn n out:

suitable tackle 6'. from v posed of downwardly j .conve'r gifig'. s de's ,8,

. tom 10, supporting bars lio provided'at' their upper sideswi frames and are further-.2

bends 18. for engagement by links 19,; outer ends of the said' links. beingjpijfo 11y connected to the said bends; :Theffre The: corresponding ends/pf R H provided with hooksy22 pivotal ly on" passedfthrough the eyes 2i so, a .the links 19 to the links 20,, and; thenzfil fed ping said lock rings from' said lio olt as at 26. toreceivdthei; ee oi; The .boat here shown is a life' I thevettical sid p n i .are Openings. which receivelt e b S1116 sides of the boatst) -,readily run into or out hf,

as shown, and the links" D positionto the port s diOfiih ye'ssel 1n Fig, -2 and n-in-board ppsition on ithe 1, starboard side thereof; TY' d'avi't's s 1= l slung, the cradle beingier 0 vertical upper side portiiins, 9,"afnarrow, ta which: the bo -T" i tomrest's and yoke frame'siilg of substantially inverted U-shape which liavethe lower ends ,0: their arms attacheditbfl-lthel end-s ofjsaid bars 11 and which yoke-frames-areiprovided their-upper ends with'eyesl for-engage ment between the hooks or ,linli s:1 141of the lower blocks 15 of, the"tackles. T is also providedwitlirehfor yo egg-l6, which rest on thebars i1 nagram-m; and engage the sidesofjtlie cradle" n which engage the vertical d, ately above "the sides hffthefcr of the links 20 are provide dfwith, li'iil as at 23, and which hooks 'al The cradle- 7 is provided 111 withsupporting rollers'j25' described and claimed;;in.m plica-tion for Letters Rate States, filed July 7 1998, S

28. ofjplates 29, said p la tes c frying frictionv rollers 30%} which I diminished both at -thekee of the boat and the lat't carries it. The ends oifit ecr is in place in the cradle extend over the boat and-securethe same firmly in place in the cradle, but the said links-enable the boat to a be readily'unfastened, it being only necessary to-unshi the locking rings 24 from the hooks 22, as ereinbeforestated, in order to thus release the boat, and this may be done almost in-an instant. v

p In connection with the davits andvthe boatcarrying cradles 7, which are slung therefrom, I provide guide rods 30, which extend transversely a slight distance above the upper deck -5 andextend vertically on the sides of the vessel to within 'a suitable distance of the water hue, and one of said guide rods extends downwardly farther than the other and has its lower portion bent in, arcuate form and disposed concentrically with reference to the lower end ofthe other guide rod, as at31. Said guide rods are disposed at a slight distance from the sides of the 'vessel and their lower ends are bent 'in'- wardlyand 'attachedthereto, as at 32. The

bars 11 of the cradle 7 are provided attheir inner ends with pivotally connected link rings 33, which en ageand are slidable on the guide rods 30. ormally when the davits are in-board and the cradles slung therefrom are also in-board the bars 11 of the cradles rise above the horizontal portionsofthe guide rods 30. When the davits are moved up-board', so as to dispose the cradles in such position, the link rings travel on the guide rods and they alsofdo so as the cradles are lowered by the tackle from the da-vits.

Assuming that the securing links 19, 20 have been released from the boats, as hereinbeforedescribed, when the cradlesfhave been disosed out'board and are -'1oweredfrom the avits by the tackle the cradles with the boats in them remain in a horizontal position imtil the-lower end of the shorter guide rodr30, has been reached and therefore only one end of the cradle descends'on the curved portion 31' of the other guide rod, so that the cradle isautomatically disposed in an inclined cradle-1s automatically launched therefrom" intothe water immediately alongside the osition and hence the boat.in the vessel. v

On the. upper deck ofthe vessel, in addi tion to the lowering and launching cradles herembeforedescribed, aregu-idmg and bedding cradles 39, which are fixed and lmmov 'ableon thefsaidupper deck, extend from'opposite sides thereof, converge rearwardly 'and have-their front ends disposed in line with the cradle 7 wh'n the latter are inboard, and their rear ends somewhat close together so that a pivotally mounted cradle.

40, which isealso on the upper deck, may be disposed in line with either of' the fixed cradles 39' to receive a boat therefrom or supply are shaped substantially like the launching .40," the ivot of whi cradle, so

' hence in an emergency all the launched from the lee-side of the vessel. In

'and lower the cradle.

connected to said a boat thereto. Said cradles 39, 40

cradle 7 and I are likewise "provided with antifriction rollers '41; The. pivotal cradle h is shown at 42, is

rovide under its end vpiifiions with bear-' in" rollers 43whieh, operate on the upper deck and enable said mm the 'foregoin understood that after a boat carried .'byone of the launching and the boats carried by the fixed. guidin and bedding cradle 39 on also been launched and the boat c'arried'by the pivotally mounted cradle 40 has been also launched from the same side of the vessel by the said launching cradle, the boats cradles has been launched I the same side 0 the vessel with said launching cradle. havepivoted cradle 40 to be -dis osed in any desiredpositi'on.

escription and by reference to'Fig. 2 oft e draw ngsfit will-be on the other side of the vessel may be run therefrom successively upon the pivoted cradle 40 and directed from thelatter by means of the first mentioned bedding and guiding cradle also to the said launchin that all the boats, irrespective o the sideof the vessel on which they are normally carried, may be launchedsuccessively from and by the said launching cradle,andoats may be case the'launching davits on one side of the vessel are injured those on the opposite side thereof may be utilized.

At the stern of the vessel I show a pair of I tackle46. This cradle 45. is disposed para lel with the axis of the vessel so'that boats from the other cradlesmaybe readily-run thereon for .launc'hlng over the stern.

'Iclaim:-- I

1. A vessel having fixed vertically dis posed "guide rods on one side, a boat-carryin cradle connected to said guide rods "an davits 44 from which a cradle 45 of the same construction as the cradle 7 is suspendedf'b 400 means independent of the guide rods to raise 2. A vessel havin guide "rods on one si eextending inoard at' their upper ends, davits movable inboard and out-board, a boat-carrying cradle uide rods movable invertically dis osed board and out-boar and also movable verti .one end in line with said launching device when the latter is iii-board, and a movable cradle adapted to be dlsposed'l'n line with said bedding and guiding cradles.

5. In combination with fixed bedding and same to the davits and upright" guides to guiding cradles, a launching cradle, means which the cradle is connected. [to move the same into and out of line with 8. The combination withboat raising and the bedding and guiding cradle and means lowering devices, a plurality of fixed guid- 5 to raise andlower said launching cradle. I, ing and bedding cradles, and a shifting 20 6. In combination with a cradle, means cradle movable into alinement with any of g to raise. and lower the same, fixed upright the bedding and guiding cradles to enable "guides for the ends of the cradle, one of a boat to be shifted from one to another. "said guides gterminating at its lower e'nd In testimony whereof I ailix my signature lofshort of the lower end terminal of the other in presence of two'witnesses. ltp incline the cradle longitudinally, when T I r lowered, andga boat carried'in the cradle. JOHL STOELF' I 7. In combination with davits movable in Witnesses: a vertical are, 'in-b0ard and out-board, a H. E. YVINTER,

15 boat carrying cradle, tackle connecting the J. T. HADWIN'. 

